28.5384° N, 81.3789° W

28.5384° N, 81.3789° W

Orlando, Florida

Orlando, Florida

Kyle Hyams

Kyle
Hyams

Builds design systems for Epic Games

Builds design

systems for

Epic Games

Gray concrete building (photo by Bradley Jasper Ybanez via Unsplash)
Gray concrete building (photo by Bradley Jasper Ybanez via Unsplash)

As the design lead for Epic's design systems team, Kyle helps the company build digital products at scale. His team's toolkits and infrastructure, used for websites, apps, and gaming UIs, speed up the development process. The result is a suite of cohesive, high-quality products across Epic's ecosystem. Kyle believes that a good design system should be a living, evolving product. While solid foundations are essential, he's always exploring ways to improve usage and efficiency.

But a good design system doesn't guarantee good outcomes. Leveraging his visual design background, Kyle collaborates with product teams on design decisions that go beyond reusable components. His mentorship and meticulous attention to detail reflect his dedication to design as a craft.

Design systems

Experience

Libraries and more

Black and white glass building (photo by Ryunosuke Kikuno via Unsplash)

2022–Present

2022–Present

Epic Design System

Epic Games

  • Create and maintain the modular design architecture for Epic's web-based product ecosystem

  • Collaborate with design leadership on usage and cohesion with the Epic brand

  • Establish design and documentation best practices for human and machine readability

  • Adopted by ~24 product teams across the company

Epic Design System icon logo laid over a distorted image of a geometric building (original photo by Luca Bravo via Unsplash)
Fortnite logo laid over a distorted image of a geometric building (original photo by Mitchell Luo via Unsplash)
Fortnite logo laid over a distorted image of a geometric building (original photo by Mitchell Luo via Unsplash)

2023–2026

2023–2026

Fortnite UI Kit

Epic Games

  • Created and maintained the design components and documentation powering the game's various frontend menu screens

  • Collaborated with technical designers and UI artists on in-engine implementation

  • Partnered with UX leads to enhance craftsmanship while promoting the system

2018–2022

2018–2022

Quantum Design System

Electronic Arts

  • Designed and maintained the components and documentation for EA's desktop app

  • Collaborated with MCKL and design leadership on EA’s custom font family; assisted with integration into the design system

  • Redesigned the icon library and improved visual harmony with EA's new typography

Quantum Design System icon logo laid over a distorted image of a geometric building (original photo by Ash via Unsplash))
EA logo laid over a distorted image of a geometric building (original photo by Ricardo Gomez Angel via Unsplash)

2021–2022

2021–2022

EADO Hybrid Library

Electronic Arts

  • Implemented a lightweight design library for EA’s web-based game purchasing flow

  • Created a scalable theming system to improve build times for selling EA's new titles

  • Onboarded the current design team on using and contributing to the theming system

Extracurricular

Activities

After hours fun

Low angle photo of a high rise building (photo by CHUTTERSNAP via Unsplash)
Figma Fonts Lookbook

In 2020, Kyle launched a free design resource for showcasing open source typography. There are lots of great options available on Google Fonts, but you have look beyond Open Sans and Roboto. Figma Fonts Lookbook is now on its eighth version and downloaded over 12,000 times worldwide.

Figma Fonts Lookbook: a curation of lesser known specimens available to everyone
Kyle Hyams wakeskating through a canal (photo by Adam Aslanian)

// Photo: Adam Aslanian [c.2009]

Wakeskating

While in high school, Kyle fell in love with a sport that combined his two passions: skateboarding and wakeboarding. Becoming an instructor at a cable park near his college granted him more access to riding. As a result, Kyle was fortunate enough to travel the country and compete at a professional level. His career highlights include a talk show interview on FuelTV and the cover shot for a world-renowned wakeboard magazine. Kyle retired in 2012 to focus on his family and career, but has started riding again (for fun) over the last few years.